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My son is the same way! (17 months) maybe if you ground beef up really small and feed it to him mixed with something else that will help. it helped w/ my son, and hot dogs, but i dont know if thats actually meat but that was the only thing he would eat before.

My son is 17 months old and is the very same way...my 3 yo still will not eat any meat except for chicken nuggets and hot dogs...I keep offering other meat products and am hoping that eventually their tastes buds mature to like other things. Good to know I'm not alone though. :)

My daughter did this too. Around the same age she started to refuse to eat ANY meat (except fish) So I had to find other things that she liked for the protein and iron.. Thankfully she loves her veggies and fruits. She is now almost 10 and is just now starting to eat more meats.. but not much and not often.
Try looking into a vegetarian diet for him for now.. to make sure he gets the nutrition he needs.. and always offer the meat.. some days he may try it.. some days he may not.

my son does the same thing at 18 months. he will eat everything but the meats. i find giving him "dips its" helps your son may be to young but i will chop up a chicken nugget or something and give him ketchup with it, he enjoys dipping it and will eat the meat if there are dip its. u have to watch them every second tho, or it will end up everywhere.... just try it and see if it works.

I would just relax about it. My toddler grandson won't eat anything BUT meat! He hates his veggies, so I hide them under applesauce. I would be thrilled if he would eat beans and brown rice - a better form of protein than meat. They are just so darn picky at this age and they have no known logic as to why. Just make sure he gets an iron supplement from his pediatrician.